• Work with pathway and community coaches, gaining experience of the Regional Development and Outreach programmes to learn to deliver sessions aimed at developing rowers.
• Attend and support the delivery of an agreed number of development opportunities throughout the year.
• Bring new ideas and challenge concepts surrounding the Regional Pathway to support the development of the programmes moving forward.
• Promote rowing, developmental pathways and outreach programmes within the community as a sport open to all and a means to progress in rowing.
• Learn about, understand and encourage the use of the Rower Development Guide.
• Abide by and promote all British Rowing’s policies including Safeguarding, Codes of Behaviour, Welfare, Health and Safety and Clean Sport Policies.
• Promote inclusive environments (such as knowledge and understanding around cultural differences and cost of living barriers, etc.).

Essential

• A passion to develop yourself.
• Commitment to the opportunities offered throughout the year.
• The ability to communicate effectively, inspire and enable.
• A willingness to learn and develop in a community development environment.
• Experience working with groups in a sporting environment.
• Current First Aid training, or willing to attend.
• Current Safeguarding and Protecting Children training, or willing to attend.
• To undertake a satisfactory enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) with children’s barred list check if applicable (enhanced DBS check is required if working with adults at risk).

Desirable but not essential

• Experience of coaching or development.
• A qualification related to sport, health and fitness or coaching.
• Experience of working in and promoting inclusive environments.

How do coaches choose or get allocated to a coach developer?
Coaches who are successful will be given a choice of coach developers based in their region.

Are there any options within a formal education element for sponsorship (if it’s decided that you should move forward/develop in this way) of coaching qualifications?
For successful coaches, if sponsorship of more formal education was deemed appropriate for their development, then this would be explored with funding partners. However, this is not the primary purpose of the initiative.

What if I have no experience of coaching?
A desire and plan to coach in the sport are important. Places will be offered to coaches who successfully demonstrate through their application and at interview that they are motivated, curious and open to developing and challenging themselves.

How would the decision be made about whether or not someone is able to receive any help with funding?
This will be determined on an individual basis. If this is a barrier to you, then please let us know at any time in the application process.

How much time will I need to commit and will this be online or in person?
The 1-1 Coach Developer Support will be in place for a year and successful coaches will have six 1-1 sessions with their coach developer. These could be at the venue you coach at and on line. The most fruitful use of both your time will be agreed between you. There are also six workshops through the year and six Coaching Cafes (networking sessions). The content of these will be determined by needs and wants and that will determine whether they are online or face-to-face. These initiatives aim to develop curious and reflective learners and therefore the remaining time commitment will be down to each coach in order to maximise what they get out of the year and how that is sustained once the year has concluded.

How long does the application have to be and do I need a reference?
We want to hear about you, your story in the way that works for you best. That may be a few paragraphs for some and longer for others. You can write that down, send us a voice note or a video. If a personal reference / recommendation adds value or context to your story, then please send that in.

Can I learn from others?
Yes you will be learning from and with others. From your coach developer, the other coaches, the workshops and coaching cafes and any agreed location visits.

Would this program be able to fit around a full-time college course?
That is difficult to answer without knowing the capacity you have outside of the course. As this is a bespoke suite of opportunities, your coach developer will work with you to ensure this works around “life”, but the time you can put into this will correlate to a degree with what you get out of it.

If you weren’t available on the 24th January with it being a Friday, would that rule you out from being selected?
No it wouldn’t. The day will help shape the workshops and coaching cafes and be a great opportunity to meet the other coaches, but if you were unable to attend then we would involve you in another way.

As a male coach, would I be taking a place away from a female coach if I successfully got at place?
No you wouldn’t. The opportunities are open to anyone.

Do I need to be a British Rowing member and what if I am from another nation?
Yes, you need to have British Rowing membership. If you are a member of Welsh Rowing / Scottish Rowing, we would liaise with your home nation on your behalf to see if they would support the bespoke 1-1 support. The workshops would be provided by British Rowing. This is due to the opportunities being funded by Sport England.

Is this suitable for all forms of rowing / rowing projects i.e., indoor, coastal, recreational, rehabilitation?
Yes, absolutely. It is about improving the experience and support for all in the sport.

Can more than one person from a club apply?
Yes, absolutely.

What are the outcome measures? Are they metric?
The outcome measures are not metric, although coaches who feel supported and confident in their role are likely to translate to more rowers. The opportunities are about coach development and experience.

Is there a minimum or maximum age for taking part in this opportunity?
The minimum age is 16 years old at the time of applying and there is no upper age limit. Learning is a lifelong process so if you are curious to learn, we encourage you to apply.

If you have any further questions not covered above, please email our Learning, Education and Development team at [email protected]